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Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-02
Two Hundred and sixty Lives Lost.

ST. JOHNS, N. f., April THE steamer
Eagle was last seen near Funks Island on the
night of March II, during terrible storm.
The next morning She was missing Wreck
age including the name board Eagle" was
passed by tue two whaling steamer which
have just Arrived at Grayupon, 100 miles
from here All the vessels Of the fleet except
the Eagle have been seen or heard from since
the storm of Me 18th, and there is no
doubt that the Eagle went on the reef of
Funks Island, md was broken to pieces, and
the fifty seamen and 80 seal fishermen on
bolrd are given up for lost. The storm is
said by old sailors TO have been the worst
sver known on this coast. Capt. Jackman
was known until few seasons ago as ''The
King of the Sailing Fleet, on account of his
skill and pluck. OF late he has been unlucky.
He lost the steamer Rcsolute last year near
the spot where the Eagle was last seen, but
all the crew escaped. Most of those on the
Eagle lived here and the city is in mourning.
Drouth Sufferers.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April lin many
portions of the territory tributary to this
city the suffering from drouth is severe. In
Atasca county the people have been robbed
Of bare necessaries All crops are failure
Milk and butter are scarce. Lean nine are
US common as fat ones once were. and unless
il rains Soon the people will be brought tc
starvation. North and west in Medina
county the cattle are dying 80 fast their
owners cannot skin them, and though in sec
lions farther west the mortality is not sc
great 1t is very large. The number of dead
and dying cattle can be best appreciated by
comparison Of the hide market here. It ID
always q large one and active, but now it is
overlooked and 4prices are dropping hourly.
There is in many portions Of the country alb
solutely norange, and would not be for some
weeks though it should rain tonight. Texas
grass is hard to devitalize. but the months Of
drouth have proved to much for it. There
i consequent uneasiness in stock circles.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-02
Pittsburg.

CATTLE Fair; rec .IpS. ZIG head; shipments.
ia mead; prime, S5.006D5.25; fair TO good, S44J@
4.15; comnloa S4.01lI4.2
HOGS S OK; receipts. 40 head; shipments,
= lao mead; Philadelphas. S6.U0O6.15; Workers,
$5.5,@5.i5; common an light, s5OO05.25; pigs.
SIS $500.
SHEEP Fair; prime, s5O005.:5; fair to COOL
S4.25GD 4.a5: common, S3.5OS14 400; lambs, 500
$50. Receipts, 700 head. Lipmerlts, 1,a10 mead.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-02
Chicago.

CATTLE-Clo.c4 to extra shipping, $500
500: mixed, 800 QG3.oO;y stockers and feeders
S2dOm4.50.
HOGS Fair to good. d 0lN1 IS; mixed pack
er,. -: 0M5 10; cho.ce heavy, S550l15.S5.
SHEEP Common, s2.2pGD4.oo; lambs, $500
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-02

it unlawful to hunt or kill prairie chickens
quail or pheasants for 2 term Of fis years
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-02
Toledo.

W1'EAT-Qui0 cash. SIC: May, S2-Sc.
CORN-Acsl Z: cash, 89lkc; May, Ale.
OArS-Neglected; cash, 3Oc.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-02

WHEAT-No state red. 931f,; No. 2 red win
ter, D.94c; June, 9s34c.
COIN Mixed, SIC; May, SIC.
OATS-No. white state, iyc; No. 2, $3.50.
CATTLE S..U9J.60; per 100 los, live weight.
nous 50 oJ6D6 10 per l00 lbs.
SHEE '-S5 100000 per 100 lbs. live weight.
COrrON-Q Iiet; middling uplands 10l8c; do
New Orleans, lJll-16c: April 045c; Nav, IL, Ale;
June, 1l51c; Juls, lose: August, 1915 Z; Sep
TENDER, 10 2ic October. 990c; November. 9.04c.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15
Another Awful theatrical Holocaust,

The Royal Theatre of Exeter. England,
took fire on the evening OF the 9Th during a.
performance OF "Romany Rye" The oc-
cupants OF the pit after an awful struggle
escaped, but many Of them were greatly
injured. There was only one exit from the
gallery, and the crush there a terrific,
Scores were trodden under foot and suffo-
Gated. A fire escape was brought to a
window, and many inside were rescued.
Sixty corpses have been removed.
The injured survivors were sent to a hos
pital. The mortality is estimated at one
hundred. The fire originated in the flies
and spread rapidly, filling the theatre
with dense smoke. Tae occupants of the
upper circle and gallery rushed to the win
dows, screaming frantically. Many jumped
from the windows and were injured. 9th
ers were rescued by the aid OF ladders
from the verandas. The fire blazed fierce.
ly, lighting up the whole city.
There were several thrilling rescues. The
majority OF the victims were men and
boys. About thirty women were burned.
When the fire started the drop scene was
lowered to prevent a draught. Some OF
the actors opened a door to escape, caus-
ing the fire to burst through the drop scene
and to ignite the gallery. The flames over
took the people who were wedged in an
immovable mass and roasted them to
death. Many who were rescued alive died
soon after being brought out Of the burn
ingbuilding. =. 49,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15
DIVISION IN DAKOTA.

Con. Hugh j. Campbell Fires the Opening
Gun of the Division Campaign in South
Dakota.
M1LBANK, Oak, Special, Sept 6.-Gen.
Hugh J. Campbell opened the division cam
paign for South Dakota to-day in an eloquent
speech before a large and enthusiastic
audience in the opera house.
The speaker gave a sketch of Dakota's long
struggle for statehood and Of the admission of
tory for thirty years. The average time for
which a territory has been held as such was seven
years. Figures were given showing the amount
OF taxes paid by Dakota, and various reasons
presented why the territory should join the
Union. He mentioned Dakota's area and other
statistical information. The situation under
territorial government was very bad and con-
tinually growing worse. What can we do? %
First-We can, by a large and overwhelming
vote at the polls, settle this question finally
among yourselves. So that hereafter, whatever
comes, it may be distinctly and finally under
stood as the "be all and end all" of the matter
that the people Of Dakota will not consent to be
will continue this fight until the time comes
when they will, through their constitutional
convention, have the lawful decision Of it in
their hands. We will also, by such a vote, hush
that, small, noisy faction who are continually
shouting that the people do not want division.
Second-We shall find out the true friends of
division In North Dakota. ,-s. 2
Third-We can shut the mouths Of such men
as Springer. Vest and Randall, who keep saying
that they do not know what the people OF na-
kota want.
Fourth-We will be able by q good vote to en-
tighten the president with some information
upon the subject which he greatly needs,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15

At Philadelphia, there will be an ex.
tensive celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary OF the promulga-
tion of the constitution of the United
States, ON the 18th, 10th, and 18th
of September. On the 18th there will
be an industrial procession, showing
the progress OF a century, and in the
evening the Governor of Pennsylvania
will hold a public reception. On the
10th there will be a great military
parade and review, and in the even.
ing a public reception in honor OF the
President of the United States. The
18th will be devoted to the special
services of commemoration. There
will be al Grafton, q poem, national
hymns, and music of various kinds.
These are the chief features of the
celebration, but there will be many
minor entertainments, etc.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15
CONDENSED NEWS.
Action Of tho German Catholics in Chicago.

Action or tho German Catholics In Chicago.
At the third days session OF the German
Catholic Central Verein Alfred Steckel OF
Milwaukee offered q resolution that the yer.
send 5000 to the pope as a jubilee gilt,
the same to be sent at once adopted the
resolution denouncing the Knights OF La
Dor was reported back unfavorably. The
report of the committee killing the obnox.
ious resolution was adopted unanimously.
After expressing congratulations to the
pope and approval Of his demand to have
his temporal sovereignty restored, the res.
ofution read:
Being German Catholics in America, we
connect the attachment to the holy church
and the attachment to Jul adopted father.
lnnd with the appreciation OF German
ideas. We therefore tell our wisest and
highest shepherd as well as our American
born fellow citizens that we simply
by clinging to our German mother
tongue and to our good national habits.
are able to fulfill our duties to both OF you
that lie, to be good Catholics and good
American citizens. Based on the principle
warranted by experience. ITO whom the
school belongs, belongs the FUTURE we
express our most hearty approval to our
German Catholic priests for their success
ful efforts to preserve and nurse the true
religion and the German language by the
NAaA UhN Va H"AAS
schools. We also request the clergy
and the people to continue in
the common development and perfection
OF a school system that affords the com.
bination OF spiritual cultivation and relig.
ious moral education, the only sure guar.
antee OF q good education Of our youth.
Considering the labor question, w would
like to advise German Catholic workmen-
not thinking that We have found a real
remedy against this social illness-to re-
duce this subject from the heights of a
worlds question, where agitation has
brought it, back again to the circle Of
national and Christian apprehension;
to have confidence in themselves
that their sound common sense, together
with the religious, moral principles OF the
Catholic church, will find the remedy chat
will be according to timely and local cir.
cumstances. We ask all Christian employ
ers to take car oftheir workmen and to try
to advance their financial and moral well
fare with all their might, Tor only by sensi.
BILE and Christian holding together the in.
terest of both employer and workmen can
be advanced. We beg the German Catho.
lies OF America to be firm in their flially
surrendered confidence to their priests, to
be in perfect harmony with them. and in
loving obedience to their orders.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15

The decision of the United States
Supreme Court, rendered two years
ago, to the effect that offenders
against the Federallaws, whose crimes
we're legally Infamous" could not
be properly tried except upon an in
dicctment by a Grand Jury, amounted
to something like an order for the dis.
charge OF quite a number Of prisoners.
It was the custom for years for Unit
ed States District Attorneys to pros
ecute criminals Of all classes by
Information, instead OF an indict-
me1,t. The first decision liberated .
bond swindler in prison at Detroit.
The second Discharged from prose.
cutfon ii the Federal Court Joe g.
lMackin and the other election crooks
Who operated with him ia Chicago
since that time, in all similar cases,
where application has been made, The
local United States judges hare dis=
charged onvicts under Writs ofhabeAs
corpus. The last case is that 81
Thomas MOODY, tho desperate Texas
mail rohbet, sentepced tothe Chester,
III, ntsatiary ~ ~
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15
The New York journal of Commerce,

The New York journal Of Commerce,
which knows whereof it speaks, in
speaking of certain large defalcations,
combats a current notion that the
majority are dishonest, and speaks a
G God word for poor human nature
1t says: The business OF the world
would be blocked at every point but
or mans co nfdence in his fellow.man.
And such confidence is justified by
human experience. Bank tellers are
honest; the rogues are the few excep-
tions. Trust companies, and savings
banks are sale repositories; the fail.
ures are rare, and confined chiefly to q
class of institutions that from the
start had no right to live. The great
body of dealers are honest with each
other; more than 95 per cent. Of the
entire trade of a great city is done by
Mere trust in the word of another,
and without any legal voucher or svi-
aence. r =
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15
THE N

b Law Covering the Case of the Omaha
Railroad Lands-No Apprehension Called
For. ,'| ~'- 't &&Et2,
WASHINGTON. Special Telegram, Sept. g.
kilograms received at the generalland Of
ice from Eau Claire, Wis. express a fear
that the railroad and lumber kings will COB
BILE up lands along the Omaha road, and ask
IL they can be bought under the act Of March
8, 1887. The authorities here say there is
90 cause for apprehension. Section 8 of the
act says:
Where any company has sold to citizens Of the
United States or to persons to become such q
part Of the grant lands not conveyed to or from
the United States to such company said lands
grant, and being, .coterminous with the con-
structed parts OF the roads and where the lands.
sold are excepted from the operation OF said
grant to said company. IL shall be lawful for the.
bona fde purchaser thereof from said company
lands at the ordinary given price for like lands.
and thereupon patents shall issue therefor to
the bona fde purchases, his heirs or assigns:
provided, that all lands shall be excepted from
the provisions OF this. section, which ut the date
adverse claimants under the presumption Or
homestead laws Of the United States, and whose
claims and occupation have not since been vol
unfairly abandoned as to which excepted lands,
the presumption and homestead. the claimants
shall be permitted TO perfect their proofs and
entries, and receive patents therefor: provided,
further, that this section shall not apply to
lands settled upon subsequent to the hrstsday Of
the same Under the settlement laws OF the
United States, as to which lands the parties
claiming the same, as aforesaid, shall be entitled
to prove up and enter as In other like cases.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15
The United States sunreme court Fl

The United States supreme court fin
ally decided in favor ofthe Green driv-
en- we'll patent, at the October term,
1886. The owners of the patent are
actively engaged in enforcing payment
of damages from persons who made
use of driven wells without payment
of royalty. In an Ohio county, where
a large number of such wells are in use,
the property owners have organized
to continue the fight, but it is not
known what further defense they can
make, except, of course, to resist
the exaction of damages for a period
beyond the statute of limitations.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15

The governor of South Carolina has
comm uted the sentence to death of a
twelve year old colored girl to impris'
,onment for five years, and thus saw.
ed the state from the shame of hang
ing an infant; and in Georgia the Glenn
bill, which provided that any person
convicted of teaching white children
in the sa me school with colored chill.
dren should be sentenced to the chain
gang was substituted by a compare
lively harmless resolution expressing
disapproval of the co-education of the
two races.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15
N T
Authorization Of Milk.

The adulteration of milk In this
country consists usually either in the
removal Of cream or in the addition oi
water. A San Francisco chemist has
communicated to the agricultural de-
partment the composition Of q milk
adulterant, which has been largely
used in that city. The mixture CON.
sists of common salt, saltpoter, salera-
tus. a trace of caustic soda andsa large
quantity OF sugar. The color Isl I'M.
parted BY caramel. The pur6r the
mik supply the larger will be the de-
mand from consumers. The nearer
tho producers can come to the consun,-.
ers with their pure, fresh milk product.
the larger and nor satisfactory will
be the trade.-B0ston Buduet.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15

Timothy Coughlin, section foreman
on the Toledo, Peoria and Western
Railroad, was, it will be remembered,
saddled by the Coroner's jury with
tn e responsibility for the C~hatsworth
horror. This same Timothy Coughlin
was recently admitted to bail in the
sum OF one thousand dollars for his
appearance at court for trial. This
appears to lis very light security for
a man presumed to be guilty OF caus.
ing the death OF four-score men, wom-
en- and children.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15

A heinous crime was committed az West
st. Paul recently. The name OF the be-
ing who cannot be called q a lie Hal
Reid, and his victim. Miss Maud Caulston,
whose home 10 in Minneapolis. but who
has been filling an engagementsat tho West
st. Paul opera house. The scene of the
outrage Was in q room on East Congress
for her virtue and where her cries Tor help
and the voice Of her assailant were heard
only by the four walls. Reid is well con-
nected in Minneapolis and has fed. Miss
Caulston is severely injured.
Montreal Special: The imperial gov
eminent il. determined TO very materially
increase the strength OF fertilization here.
A new battery is being built on McNab ID
land, to mount four ten-inch ffty.pound-
ers, capable OF carrying an 80O-pound
shell six miles. The York redoubt, which
was always considered the strongest forti-
fication IN America. was during the Jubilee
sham battle proved to be deficient, as q
war vessel car pass II going up into the
harbor. A new fort 10 to be constructed to
rectify this defect IT will mount two.
eighty-ton guns.5IThe cost OF improve
ments will DO 81, 900, 900.
A fete ia honor Of the centenary ~ the
American constitution will be held at the
Crystal Palace London, Sept. ~.
The following pensions have been grant
ed: Wisconsin-Widow Of !. Katotah,
Kenosha. OriginalEssM u. Dawson. Mer-
rillan; 9. Rhode. Ixonia: N. Il. Flint, To-
NAH; ]. A. Mercer, Westiord; b. w. Put
ney, Gilmanton; g. Felt, s(decsassdl Mad
ison; F. NJ. Mullins, Marinette; j. Carr,
Lake Mills, Minnesota-G. Lawrence. Dc.
troit City; I. Craig, Blue Earth Bur
ton, Dodge Centsr. Dakota-W. M. Strse-
ter, Hamiin, s
Con. Butler ha4 rssignsd HI position in
October. He insists that the eoyernmsit
appoint his succsssor Mith0utd Slay.
Storms along tho Now Fonndland coast
have done damage to the extent OF 41OO,.
900. NSg s:
The government has aaaanted ID Tho
s1rantine 81 subsidy % 44b,,00Oyeafiysto
The GAnadian Pacific railway f0f carrylns
+ maiie ~ andy nm M
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15
Timber Culture Entries.

Washington, Special Telegram, Sep. g.
The secretary OF the interior to-day render.
ed the following decision:
Aug. l, 1884. James Spencer presented
timber culture application for quarter
section ID, township 3, range %, Kerwin
(Kan.) land district, offering at the same
time the usual fees and commissions. The
application was rejected by the local officers
because the survey shows timber on the
section. By the decision OF May 9,
1886, your office affirmed the re-
lection. An appeal brings the case here.
1t iss shown by the record that three
forties Of this section are entirely devoid
OF timber. On the northwest quarter is a
ravine where there Is timber scattered over
about one acre and distributed as follows:
From actual cyunt there are fifty scrubby
elm and cottonwood trees In said section,
averaging about twenty inches in diane.
inches, and twelve that will average about
eight inches. The tallest of said trees is
not over fifty feet high. The timber cul.
ture law requires the entryman before
making entry TO make an affidavit, among
other things, that the section specifi-
ed is composed OF prairie lands, en-.
tirely devoid OF timber. Under the law
this section cannot be considered devoid
OF timber. / I'm aware that under former
rulings of this department the application
of Spencer could have been allowed. In
the case OF Blenkner vs. Sloggy, the entry
was allowed, although there were on the Sec
tion 800 trees OF natural growth, varying in
diameter from eight inches to two feet,
scattered over from five to eight acres.
The rule in Blenkner VS.. Sloggy was fol-
lowed in the subsequent cases OF Bax vs.
Hulsteen; the latter case Of Bartch vs..
Kennedy, adhered to on a. review March
80, 1885, and others. l do not, however,
consider the former ruling in harmony with
the statute and must decline to follow it.
The case OF Blenkner vs.. Sloggy and others,
following the rule therin, in so far as they
conflict with the views herein stated, are
overruled. The decision appealed from is
affirmed.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15
Mr.. Gladstone figures out for the
benefit Of the readers ofthe Nineteenth
Century, that q new election would
leave the Conservatives in the House
81 Commons in a minority Of 1O3.

Senator Stanford and other officers
OF the Central Pacific have been reliev-
ed by the Court from answering any
further embarrassing questions. For
this relief they owe much thanks, but
the impression left upon thespublic
mind is not one that can be easily
eradicated.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15

80 RLHE ItWIEEg4sL re
Huron. Oak, Special Telegram, Sept. 3.
Owing to the excessive hilarity which
has prevailed here during the last two
nights, the commander.in-ehief issued the
following order ct dress parade tonight.
4 great MAN. citizens rejoice that he had
the nerve ia. do no:
sin-chief respectfully calls the attention Of
the officers and men Of the Dakota nation
81 guards to the fact that citizens oi Da.
kota, and especially those OF Huron, are
deeply interested at this time in the well
fare and discipline Of the guards. This peo-
pie have generously provided for the
guards through the isgislaturs py az an.
and they expect that this generosity will
not be abused nor the effort authorization
be wholly lost. The commander-in-chief
recognizes the Tact that tho lenards arr
chisA ycomposed oienthuaiasticand ardent
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15
How We Expand.

More able-bodied men attended base
ball games il the United States 81 fha
Fourth than tho armies of the natlon
nrn1bsred at any tinsssduring he Rev
solntiOnAry war. That ID tho sway
.hAye eroMn.-Czsgsisss ND Leade
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-09-15

In London, out OF a population OF
nearly 5000, 900, it is known that
2,5o0,ooO never attend a place of
worship at all, and in the most dense
ly populous parts of the city the
services are performed merely to en-.
able the minister to draw his salary,
there being at times scarcely a dozen
Worshipers present.